4 PROOFS THAT IF GOD IS FOR US, NOTHING CAN AGAINST US

When it comes to Christian theology,
just about all roads lead through Romans. Paul’s letter to the Romans is
arguably the single most important piece of literature in the history of
the world. And chapter 8 is perhaps its greatest section. and Romans 8:31–39 is the climax. It is
actually an inference from everything Paul says in Romans 5:1–8:30 about
the glorious results of our justification.

It’s as if the apostle takes a deep
breath as he thinks back over Romans 5:1–8:30, and then
asks God’s people, “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for
us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31).

That second question is rhetorical, so
it has the force of a proposition: Since
God is for us, nothing can be against us. Paul then supports what he
asserts with four proofs.

Proof 1: God will
graciously give us all things (Rom. 8:32).

Paul is arguing from the greater to the lesser. If God gave us the
greatest gift (i.e., he did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all),
then God will certainly give us everything else we need (i.e., he will also
with Jesus graciously give us all things).
That is evidence that since God is for us, nothing can be against
us.

Proof 2: No one will bring
a charge against us (Rom. 8:33).

No one can take us to court before God and win a case against
us, because God himself is the one who has declared us righteous.

That is further evidence that since God is for us, nothing
can be against us.

Proof 3: No one will
condemn us (Rom. 8:34).

No one can condemn us to hell on judgment day because Jesus
himself died for us, was raised for us, and is now at the right hand of God
interceding for us. We are eternally secure in Christ. That is even more evidence that since
God is for us, nothing can be against us.

Proof 4: Nothing will
separate us from the love of Christ (Rom. 8:35–39).

Christ loves us, and no enemy or weapon or calamity can separate
us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

What more evidence do we need that since God is for us, nothing
can be against us?